Robotics
Testing on the Limmat to combat plastic in the oceans
Teaching
ETH Zurich
This summer, students from ETH Zurich will test various technologies on the Limmat for the automatic removal of waste. The Autonomous River Cleanup project is starting with rivers to tackle the global problem of marine pollution.
Robots for comfort and counsel
Research
ETH Zurich
From robots that offer solace to algorithms that help judges make fact-based decisions, robotics and machine learning are entering new domains that were once the preserve of humans.
“Mars Mission” attracts more than 700 students from around the world
Teaching
EPFL
The R2T2 Mars Mission is an educational project developed at EPFL for grade-school and high-school classes that use the Thymio robot. A total of 180 teams have signed on to the project, which is teaching the students a variety of new skills.
Helping drone swarms avoid obstacles without hitting each other
Research
EPFL
Engineers at EPFL have developed a predictive control model that allows swarms of drones to fly in cluttered environments quickly and safely. It works by enabling individual drones to predict their own behavior and that of their neighbors in the swarm.
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